AuroraElis
It hurts. Everything hurts. The acidic air around her collapses her lungs as each beat of her own heart shatters in the cage that confines it. It's funny how someone with the ability to heal finds solace in suffering.
She had laid with him for literal days. His body began to expand and boil in the mid of day but still she remained at his side. Only when she found that laying there only caused more pain did she rise. Limbs weakened from unuse and dehydration. Each stride carrying her from his remains was with struggle. Internal compass pointed her to what she needed most, water. The little fodder she had survived off of for those days hadn't sated her thirst in the slightest but she hadn't cared. Not when she had lost the love of her life.
She finds a water source and presses her dried lips to it's surface. Drawing in deep gulps between breaths. Her tears could return now. With a sigh she lifts her face to view her surroundings. Nothing in Tephra was as beautiful as it had been before. Even a Picasso painted sun set looked drab. That's when she decides it was time to go. Home was where the heart was, and her heart was no longer here...
AuroraElis
Not all that Glitters is Gold